Judicial Ethics

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-56

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 5, 2024

    A full-time judge may serve on a nominating committee which reviews employment applications for a local Boy Scout Council, and makes recommendations to the Council's board of directors.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-55

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 4, 2024

    Where a judge has only a professional relationship with an attorney, and has no pre-existing relationship with the attorney's non-attorney child, what are the judge's ethical obligations after officiating at and attending the attorney's child's wedding?

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-54

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 1, 2024

    (1) A judge's impartiality cannot reasonably be questioned based on (a) de minimis political contributions made more than two years ago or (b) the business and/or political activities of the judge's first-degree relative, where the relative has no direct or indirect involvement in the proceeding and no interests that could be substantially affected by the proceeding.

  • Daily Report Online | News

    State Bar of Georgia: Ex-Judge in 'Good Standing' to Practice Law

    By Cedra Mayfield | February 1, 2024

    According to the State Bar of Georgia's online member directory, former Georgia Court of Appeals judge Christian Coomer remains "active and in good standing" with the statewide legal licensing and regulatory board.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-53

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 31, 2024

    A full-time quasi-judicial official may not join a government advisory council that seeks to implement comprehensive domestic violence services to survivors who need assistance addressing child support, unless the council's membership includes representation from all participants in the adjudicative process.

  • New Jersey Law Journal | News

    A Judge Allowed His Secretary to Work Remotely. Now He Faces Discipline

    By Charles Toutant | January 31, 2024

    After shifting to remote work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, New Jersey's courts instituted a remote work program for court employees. But the policy does not apply to judicial law clerks or judicial secretaries, the complaint said.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-52

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 30, 2024

    May a full-time judge ethically purchase and renovate a building at the judge's sole personal expense, and donate it to a not-for-profit religious organization for which the judge is also the head minister?

  • Daily Report Online | News

    90 Minutes to Persuade: Judge Misconduct Hearing Set for Fulton County

    By Cedra Mayfield | January 30, 2024

    After a two-month pause, judicial misconduct proceedings for a Douglas County judge are set to resume at the Fulton County Courthouse.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-51

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 29, 2024

    A full-time judge may not request a fee waiver to enroll in online diversion courses that the prosecution seeks to require as a condition of a negotiated plea agreement.

  • New York Law Journal

    Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-50

    By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 28, 2024

    When a judge has reported an attorney to a disciplinary authority, is the judge disqualified from presiding over matters involving the attorney and/or the attorney's law partner?

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